Word: hires
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Former Council Chair Evan J. Mandery '89 spokeagainst Rowe's motion, saying a lowering ofstandards might be justified in the interest ofdiversifying the faculty. But he also said Harvardwould probably not have to dilute academicexcellence to hire minorities and women...
...Lucy H. Koh '90, who chaired the ad hoccommittee, asked, "Why is there always animplication that women and minorities are notqualified? Why would they hire anyone who wasn'tqualified...
According to the conventional wisdom, the clubs are sexist, racist and elitist institutions totally at odds with the progressive university community next door. They have wild, orgiastic parties at which, if they do not hire prostitutes, drunk co-eds are hauled upstairs for a quick screw by several members on the nearest convenient piece of furniture. "Clubbies," we are told, think of women as objects to be excluded from one's social and intellectual circles and dragged bodily into one's bedroom or pool hall. "Zealots In Protest" scream about the club's collective "closed doors and open zippers." Blacks...
...working 60 to 80 hours a week, there is very little time to go out hunting. Single people have organized their lives to get what they want: the good education, the condo, the car. Then one day they say, Gee, I want to be married. So they hire a consultant like me to help them. They can't buy love really -- but kind...
There are master manipulators at the studios. They know some exposure is a heaven-sent perk, like last month's 60 Minutes report on a murder case that inspired the new Meryl Streep film A Cry in the Dark. But they also know their job. So they hire a firm to tape a generic interview with their star, then send local TV stations a cassette in which the star's comments can be intercut with questions posed by a station reporter. It's no-fault, no-sweat, no-work journalism...